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Moriarty: Alaska has ample oil reserves

Alaska Oil and Gas Association President Kara Moriarty traveled from Anchorage this week(2-19-14) to speak to Sitka’s Chamber of Commerce about the state of the oil and gas industry in Alaska.

Free light show; look up

Did you catch the show last night? In case you missed it, or couldn't escape the city lights, here's a glimpse of the Northern Lights captured by KCAW's Rebecca LaGuire. Rumor has it that an equally, if not more, brilliant display will take place this evening. It's worth trekking off the beaten path - more fodder for bragging to family and friends in the lower 48!

KRBD looking for Development Director

Rainbird Community Broadcasting in Ketchikan, Alaska, is seeking a Development Director to grow and develop community engagement. This is a goal oriented position requiring strong fundraising skills. As a highly visible member...

No spring trolling planned for Taku kings

Salmon trollers will not be able to target Taku River salmon this May. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced the 2014 Taku River large king salmon forecast yesterday (Tue 2-18-14), and predicts a run of only 26,800 fish. That’s just about 3,000 fish shy of what is required to allow trollers to target the early run.

Stedman spends most for legislative travel

State officials recently released documents showing how much each legislator spent on travel last year. Sen. Bert Stedman is No. 1 and Rep. Peggy Wilson is No. 8.

Make the dragon fly

What does it take to bring a Chinese New Year celebration to Sitka? A trip to Beijing to learn Tai Chi and fall in love with Summer. Or, at least that was Michael Mayo's route. Michael and Summer met in Beijing in 2001. Summer has been a Sitka resident for the past four years, and is now a member of the Mayo family. She says she typically travels home to Beijing for the Chinese New Year, but this year she wanted to share the tradition with the community that she has grown to love.

Shannon Haugland’s Island has no monkey business

Shannon Haugland arrived in 1990 to work at The Sitka Daily Sentinel and has lived here ever since. She enjoys movies, old jazz and and her family of friends here in town. Shannon was our guest castaway on Friday, January 14th and brought the ten songs that she would choose to have if stranded on an island, perhaps forever. She would also choose crepes as her one dessert since the island is, after all deserted. Shannon's ten songs, a recording of the show and a link to her crepe recipe are below.

Raven Radio On Demand is here!

Did you miss your favorite local radio show this week? Never fear! Now you can just cruise on over to our Program Schedule and click on any local show to hear the latest episode. It's never been easier to listen to all of the great content our community programs provide. Happy listening!

AFN asks ANB to help voting-rights campaign

Alaska’s largest Native organization is challenging a Southeast group to lead the regional campaign to regain federal voting-rights protections.

Fish & Game to survey Sitka’s subsistence harvest

Sitkans may hear an unexpected knock at their doors this February, if they haven’t already. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game will survey 200 randomly-selected households to find out what was harvested in Sitka last year.